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IRONING MACHINE.

No. 528,091. Patented om. 2s, 1894.

EE5E5 M 4FM WA4 lumbus, in the county ot' Franklin and State UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F; GRAY, or` COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR *ro WILLIAM r. HARRISON, or SAME PLACE.

IRONING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,091, dated October 23, 1894. lpplication iiled January S1, 1894. Serial No. 498,643. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, HENRY F. GRAY,of Coot Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to 'the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specitication.

My invention relates to an improved ironing machine; and the object of the same is to provide a machine of the simplest possible construction and, operationand which renders possible the production of a very high grade of work by those inexperienced in the art of linen polishing. l

The invention consists in the novel feaures of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts fully described and claimed hereinafter, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the operating parts ot' the machine. Fig. 5 is a view of the hook L.

A designates the base of the machine which may be clamped to a table or other support and extending vertically from opposite sides thereof are the bifurcated standards B.

C are longitudinal slideways secured to the inner sides of the standards between their ends; and adapted to move longitudinally thereon is the linen carriage or ironing board D. Immediately beneath this carriage is the pressure roll E having spindles E', which bear and move vertically in the bifurcations of standards B. Lugs F are formed on the inner sides of the standards or uprights which constitute bearings for the lever G as shown. Each upright has two lugs F, F, on opposite sides of the guiding slot. Hence thelever can be inserted and operated from either side of the machine, and can rest on either set ot' lugs F, F, thus permitting the machine to be used when secured to either end of a table or other like support. Notches G are formed on the under edges of the lever forks while the extremities of the latter extend beneath spindles E. A stirrup H depends from the outer end ot the lever for the purpose ot depressing the same and elevating the roll E and giving to the carriage the desired pressure.

IAs the leverage is considerable it will be The upper extremities of the standards B are bulged outward for the purpose presently to be stated, and secured between the same is the hollow polishing iron I which is rounded on its under side Where contact is had with the linen carried by the ironing board. 7o

Heat is supplied to the iron by means of a metal slug J which fits the hollow of the iron and which is closed therein by cover J. The slug may be'heated by placing in an oven, on the stove top or in direct contact with the coals. Curved guards K are carried by the carriage or ironing board and project into the bulges of the standards, and the same are for the purposeof preventing thelinen from being soiled by contact with the standards or other 8o objects. The slug may be conveniently handled by hook L which engages a perforation in one of its ends.

In operation the linen is positioned on the carriage with the latter raised against the iron 8 5 I with the desired pressure. Roll E is then` revolved by crank M carried by one of the spindles E which will move the carriage lon gitudinally on the slideways and beneath the iron, thereby subjecting the article being op- 9o erated upon to pressure against the iron and effecting the desired polishing. If proper materials are used the linen will emerge from the iron with a clear gloss.

In machines ot' this character it is abso- 95 lutely necessary to have heat and pressure, and by my simple arrangement the iron is heated in a most effectual manner while any amount of pressure may be applied that may be necessary at very little exertion on the roo part of the operator. y

`Having thus fully described my invention.

what I claim as new, and desireV to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Tiie combination of the base, the Opposite vertical uprights extending up therefrom, the horizontal trackssecured between their ends to said uprghts, the ironing board traveling o n said tracks, the uprights formed with vertical slots from the base to the tracks, the pressure roller confined in and guided by said slots to move freely vertically therein, and provided with turning means, said uprights provided With fuierum lugs F, F, on theirin' 

